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Date Nut Bread Recipe

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This recipe for Date Nut Bread, by Denise Wyer, is from Wyer Family cookbook,
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Directions:

Directions:

Grease a 9 x 5" loaf pan or two smaller pans. Preheat oven to 325o.

Place dates and sugar in a large mixing bowl. In a saucepan, combine the water and shortening, and simmer until shortening is melted. Pour over dates and sugar, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Cool slightly.

Stir mix ingredients with a wooden spoon, not an electric mixer. Add eggs, beating well. Combine dry ingredients. Stir into date mixture until well blended. Batter may be slightly lumpy. Add walnuts and vanilla. Turn batter into greased loaf pan, and bake one hour or until center of loaf springs back when touched. Cool thoroughly before removing from pan.

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